The Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman dehydrate members of the UN
Security Council.

Adam
Fucking
West.
’nuff said.

Michael Keaton, of
Beetlejuice and Mr. Mom
fame, plays it somewhere
between those two..

Michael
Keaton again,
who this time
kills people!

Val Kilmer — great
as Batman; sucks as
Wayne.

George
Clooney,
who called
the film
“a waste
of money.”

Christian Bale, who
looks great in the suit
and is a fantastic Bruce
Wayne, but sounds like
Clint with a laryngectomy.

Bale again,
more tortured,
still growling.

batline

Real
World
Events

Comic
World
Events

Cowl
rating/
Phoenix

What
nick
says

In 1943 superheroes
sell bonds, punch
out Hitler

“That’s the
kind of answer that fits
the color of
your skin.”

“Some days
you just
can’t get rid
of a bomb!”

World War II; Cold War;
Roosevelt, Truman.
HUAC hearings start.
Ronald Reagan in This is
the Army and The Hasty
Heart.

Unintentionally
funny, inspired
the ’60s TV show
and movie.
The last days of the
Golden Age, as the
1954 screed Seduction of the Innocent
condemns comic
books. Batman and
Robin never share a
bed again.